四月&五月射耳祭
April to May-Festival of Shooting Deers' Ears
(Coming of age ceremony)
To Bunun, it is the most royalist annual ceremony. Everyone in the tribe will join this ceremony, they will also invite clansmen of other tribes to come and join together.
One month before the ceremony, the leader or the elder in the tribe will come to the altar and announce when and where the ceremony will be held to the clansmen. Half month before the ceremony, they have to prepare all sacrificial offerings well, including livestock, hunting equipment, drink and food, and offerings. The sacrifice will be done by the priest be choose. The priest has to plan overall arrangement and the order of the ceremony. The stove will be fired by the greatest annual hunter, to be the symbol of pass on the good tradition. They will start every ceremony, such as Sacrifice animal bone to call back the soul of the dead before the hunting, Sacrifice the hunting guns, Eight part harmony, Take fair share of objectives, Shoot deer’s ear etc. The purpose is passing on skills, cohere the unit, sacrifice the ancestor deities, thank god for bless and protect clansmen safe and well and other meanings of religion.
One month before the ceremony, the leader or the elder in the tribe will come to the altar and announce when and where the ceremony will be held to the clansmen. Half month before the ceremony, they have to prepare all sacrificial offerings well, including livestock, hunting equipment, drink and food, and offerings. The sacrifice will be done by the priest be choose. The priest has to plan overall arrangement and the order of the ceremony. The stove will be fired by the greatest annual hunter, to be the symbol of pass on the good tradition. They will start every ceremony, such as Sacrifice animal bone to call back the soul of the dead before the hunting, Sacrifice the hunting guns, Eight part harmony, Take fair share of objectives, Shoot deer’s ear etc. The purpose is passing on skills, cohere the unit, sacrifice the ancestor deities, thank god for bless and protect clansmen safe and well and other meanings of religion.
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